{"id":88050,"date":"2026-04-30T08:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=88050"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:01:31","slug":"mohamed-el-erian-warns-oil-rally-may-continue-even-after-20-weekly-surge-amid-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=88050","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed El-Erian Warns Oil Rally May Continue Even After 20% Weekly Surge Amid Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Oil prices are ripping higher, with Brent oil topping $122 per barrel and logging a sharp 20% weekly surge, according to economist <strong>Mohamed A. El-Erian<\/strong>, pointing to escalating Middle East tensions, shrinking global inventories and mounting Gulf supply risks as the key forces driving the rally.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned that volatility may continue, and the rally in oil prices could extend further if those risks intensify.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oil Spikes 20% In A Week<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Erian, on Wednesday&#8217;s X post, said that Brent oil surpassed $122 per barrel, representing a &#8220;staggering 20% increase in just one week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The price of Brent crude is surging again, currently surpassing $122 per barrel (CNBC chart). This represents a staggering 20% increase in just one week as markets focus on three interrelated issues:<br \/>The stalemate in the Middle East War, with the balance of risk shifting toward\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OkD4Iwox9X\">pic.twitter.com\/OkD4Iwox9X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elerianm\/status\/2049697660492492977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Erian pointed out the three key drivers behind the latest spike, which are as follows:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stalemate In The Middle East War<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The first is &#8220;the stalemate in the Middle East War, with the balance of risk shifting toward escalation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Wednesday,\u00a0<strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u00a0said the blockade\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/prediction-markets\/26\/04\/52145905\/trump-says-blockade-has-iran-choking-like-a-stuffed-pig-but-what-do-prediction-markets-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">would &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/commodities\/26\/04\/52160020\/mohamed-el-erian-warns-oil-rally-may-continue-even-after-20-weekly-surge-amid-iran-war?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Mohamed\" el-erian warns oil rally may continue even after weekly surge amid iran war>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices are ripping higher, with Brent oil topping $122 per barrel and logging a sharp 20% weekly surge, according to economist Mohamed A. El-Erian, pointing to escalating Middle East tensions, shrinking global inventories and mounting Gulf supply risks as the key forces driving the rally. He also warned that volatility may continue, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-88050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}